May 12, 2005 - Sale 2043

Sale 2043 - Lot 25

Price Realized: $ 1,725
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
WAR DATE (CIVIL WAR.) BENJAMIN, JUDAH P. Autograph Endorsement Signed, "I know the writer of the above to be fully competent for the work he desires to perform and to be of good character," written at the bottom of a letter to him by D. C. Labatt requesting an appointment as a clerk in the Confederate Treasury Department. 1 page, single 4to sheet; minor toning. Richmond, October 1863

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Documents signed by the Jewish Confederate Secretary of State are sought after at auction.